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100.3 translator finally on the air?

Till AFR came in the mid 90s, CCM was not on at all here. When AFR came, CCM was featured but at various times during the week. Preaching and Talk was their main stick. When I was announcing on that station, we were gaining an audience. Since this broadcast was the only CCM (Part Time Player) at that time, most of that fan base had no choice but to tune in. When AFR relocated their tower, to Uniontown in 2003, that audience left and decided to listen to Moody Radio Dixon's Mills/Linden and WLBF Montgomery. In 2005, Moody was able to build a new radio station here. That broadcast signed in 2007. During the building phase of Moody Selma, AFR decided to ditch CCM and play classic Gospel songs. That went away within a year and now it's all talk, all the time.

Moody has always been mostly talk, with weekend blocks of light CCM music, ever since they came to Selma. This facility doesn't have a studio here. The programming originates from Northport Alabama. This broadcast is part of a 4 station network commonly known as Moody Radio South. Moody South was carrying a local morning music show for years. Due to lack of support issues, the show was recently dumped. Their former local manager made that move, just before he retired in June.

My hometown has never had an all local Christian radio station before. This will be a first, if Jesus Radio does work out. Not going to play the hard songs. I know the market wouldn't be able to support them. Going to be Christian AC like K-Love and WDJC Birmingham. I know the demos will fully support something like that.

Dan <><

P.S. The local bookstore does sell CCM. It seems to perform well. Our local Wal-Mart store did sell CCM, at one time. Their Gospel section is now tilted heavy towards the Black Gospel singers. Some of the Churches use the P&W and CCM sound, during their services. Mine isn't among them, since most of our membership is older folks anyway.
 
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WeNeverKnow,

Please back down.
You are the minority voice here.
Dan's station is his business and I don't see him asking for any advice or help today.
No reply necessary.
 
While this format wheel has been spinning the HD Radio RDS PSIP HTML MSG XTC TXT display has read "Smooth Jazz" between songs no matter what the format of the day was.
Today is "Real Fun Beach Radio" and the RDS displays "Beach Radio" between songs.
Progress? Who knows.

Weneverknew - if you want to send messages you shouldn't be blocking your inbox.
 
seedless said:
While this format wheel has been spinning the HD Radio RDS PSIP HTML MSG XTC TXT display has read "Smooth Jazz" between songs no matter what the format of the day was.
Today is "Real Fun Beach Radio" and the RDS displays "Beach Radio" between songs.
Progress? Who knows.

Weneverknew - if you want to send messages you shouldn't be blocking your inbox.
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Ha, I didn't even notice the change. It's said smooth jazz for so long that I figured they lost the ability even fix it. The Josh Groban Get-together on 101.5-2 has also continued to say RadioacTV the whole time, too.
 
Well, it figures that they update the PAD data to say Real Fun Beach Radio - after midnight and now it's country music. With a voicetrack and possibly commercials! When I heard an ad segue into a guy talking about the next artist up, I thought I'd landed on the wrong station.
 
Folks, its time to hang up this thread cause it's becoming of no great use. Radio has and will continue to fail each of its listeners expectations.

Mobile/Pensacola Radio - you suck!
 
I doubt this thread is going anywhere. This is the most that anyone has talked about Mobile radio since… well, longer than I've lived on the coast! Granted, that's only been 5 years but in that time there's been some major changes. WABB/WABD, the big K-Love swap, 100.7 changed formats three or four times, lol.

At least as far as getting us nerdniks interested, it's worked. The fact that the formats don't change on an exactly 24-hour schedule tells me someone at iHeart in Mobile is just winging it and having fun, but I'll still be interested in what happens, even though I'm 99% sure it won't be a format that appeals to my oddball tastes.

If nothing else, this is the most I've listened to the radio in years and years… and the most workout my little HD radios have ever gotten. I ran some errands today around Foley and Robertsdale and had exactly zero dropouts on 99.9-2. Even going over to the Baldwin Beach Express via Silverhill Avenue where it's covered in trees and dips down into a little valley. That was very surprising. I'm beginning to wonder if they upped the HD power on 99.9 somehow, because it's never been this reliable for me.
 
Agreed Zach and Alex and Groovy, this thread is toast but there's no reason we can't still BS here. No mods are complaining. Whenever we feel 100.3 has officially launched we'll simply start a new thread.

As for the funky format changes that did not include hip hop or classic rap, I think I see a pattern. It seems that Beach has been on most since Jazz went away. They finally changed the 99.9-2 PAD (?) to Beach. I think that is cceng winking at us.

Seeing that it's Labor Day weekend and the paid site didn't tease a new domain for Mobile, I'm also reverting to the idea that WNTM will take 100.3 in the end.

99.9 HD, just like Corporate Radio Still Sucks in Pensacola.
I caught Taylor Swift on 5 stations at the same time today.
 
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seedless said:
Agreed Zach and Alex and Groovy, this thread is toast but there's no reason we can't still BS here. No mods are complaining. Whenever we feel 100.3 has officially launched we'll simply start a new thread.

As for the funky format changes that did not include hip hop or classic rap, I think I see a pattern. It seems that Beach has been on most since Jazz went away. They finally changed the 99.9-2 PAD (?) to Beach. I think that is cceng winking at us.

Seeing that it's Labor Day weekend and the paid site didn't tease a new domain for Mobile, I'm also reverting to the idea that WNTM will take 100.3 in the end.

99.9 HD, just like Corporate Radio Still Sucks in Pensacola.
I caught Taylor Swift on 5 stations at the same time today.
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The "paid site" doesn't know, we don't know, CCEng isn't saying anything (perhaps wisely). At this point, I doubt even iHeart's people in this market know. They may wind up throwing a dart and seeing where it lands.
 
You're going to see corporate radio not listen to it's demographics and respond with what's financially necessary. That's why we need to drop this thread until something really comes about on 100.3/99.9-2! And whoever said the HD power on 99.9FM was up? Yeah right. Lol. It's the weakest sounding radio station that I have ever heard of. Do people notice that they play the same songs in a hour of rotation? Soft Rock 94.1 has a better variety through their music rotation. If iHeart Radio wants to "save" money, they should put Premium Choice on 99.9FM - it might be better for them in the long run.

I bet you that News/Talk will find its way on 100.3 or even on 107.3! But then that means, what will go on 96.1-2? You don't want the same HD2 channel for two of the same stations within the market....Oh wait, never mind - we already do (i.e., 94.9-2 ad 107.3-2)

Is 106.5 WNTM or 710AM the more popular choice for News/Talk along the Gulf Coast?
 
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